College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 779
April 10, 2008
Nominations Report of the Academic Planning and Governance Committee for the 2007-2008 Election of Faculty Standing Committee Members
Recommendation:
That the Faculty of the College of Letters and Science accept the 2007-2008 Nominations Report of the Academic Planning and Governance Committee.
THIS IS NOT A BALLOT
ACADEMIC PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Two positions to be elected for three years, one each from Natural Sciences and Social Sciences; one position to be elected for two year from the Humanities. Africology, Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, History, and Philosophy are not eligible.
| Nominees | Continuing Members | |
| P. Geissinger (Chem/Biochm) | Elected - 1 year | |
| Humanities & Communication | J. Kirk (Africol) | Appointed - 1 year |
| Mike Allen (Commun) | M. Liston (Philos) | Elected - 1 year |
| Elisabetta Cova (FLL) | K. Ruggiero (Hist) | Elected - 2 years |
| D. Saffarini (Bio Sci) | Appointed - 2 years | |
| Natural Sciences | Vacancy (Humanities) | Elected - 2 years |
| Dick Stockbridge (Math Sci) | ||
| Social Sciences | ||
| Glen Fredlund (Geog) | ||
| Jay Moore (Psych) |
ACADEMIC POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Three positions to be elected for three years, one each from Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics, English, Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Geosciences, and Journalism and Mass Communication not eligible.
| Nominees | Continuing Members | |
| S. Drewianka (Econ) | Elected - 2 years | |
| Humanities & Communication | S. L. Jones (FLL) | Elected - 2 years |
| Ed Mabry (Commun) | K. Surerus (Chem/Biochm) | Elected - 2 years |
| Kathy Wheatley (Span&Portugs) | D. Pritchard (JMC) | Elected - 1 year |
| P. Sands (English) | Elected - 1 year | |
| Natural Sciences | K. Sverdrup (Geosci) | Elected - 1 year |
| Jon Kahl (Math Sci/Atm Sci) | ||
| Social Sciences | ||
| Joe Rodríguez (Hist) | ||
| Kristin Sziarto (Geog) |
HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
One position to be elected for three years from the Social Sciences; one position elected for two years from the Humanities to fill a vacancy; one position appointed for three years from the Humanities.
| Nominees | Continuing L&S Members | |
| Vacancy (Humanities) | Elected - 2 years | |
| Humanities | R. Hutz (Bio Sci) | Appointed - 2 years |
| George Clark (English) | J. Schroeder (Hist) | Appointed - 1 year |
| Kristin Pitt (FICL) | C. Zeng (Bio Sci) |
Elected - 1 year |
| Social Sciences | ||
| David Allen (JMC) | ||
| Michael Gordon (Hist) | ||
| Tracey Heatherington (Anthro) |
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The L&S Faculty elects its representatives on the Graduate Faculty Council and the Scholastic Appeals Committee. Nominees for the Graduate Research Committee were identified and reported to the Graduate School. There is no L&S vacancy on the Graduate School Fellowship Committee for the coming year.
GRADUATE FACULTY COUNCIL
One position to be elected for three years; Chemistry and Biochemistry, Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Geography, Geosciences, History, Psychology, and Spanish and Portuguese not eligible.
| Nominees | Continuing Members | |
| M. Allen (Commun) | J. Aldstadt (Chem/Biochm) | Elected - 1 year |
| R. Jeske (Anthro) | D. Cherkauer (Geosciences) | Elected - 2 years |
| F. Helmstetter (Psych) | Elected - 1 year | |
| A. McGuinness (Hist) | Elected - 1 year | |
| E. Moravcsik (FLL) | Elected - 1 year | |
| M. Schwartz (Geog) | Elected - 2 years | |
| K. Wheatley (Span&Portug) | Elected - 2 years |
GRADUATE SCHOOL SCHOLASTIC APPEALS COMMITTEE
One position to be elected for a one-year term.
| Nominees: | S. Redd (Pol Sci) |
| Ryan Holifield (Geog) |
GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
Nominees: No L&S Vacancy
GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH COMMITTEE
| Nominees: | Mike Allen (Commun) | Erica Bornstein (Anthro) | Rachel Buff (Hist) |
| Mark Dietz (Chem/Bioch) | Ed Mabry (Commun) | María Melgarejo (Span&Ptg) | |
| Daad Saffarini (Bio Sci) | Dick Stockbridge (Math) | Changshan Wu (Geog) |
Respectfully submitted by the L&S
Academic Planning and Governance Committee
Peter Geissinger, Chair
Sukanya Banerjee
Karen Brucks
Eduardo Douglas
Glen Fredlund
Joyce Kirk
Pat Kissinger (ex officio)
Kris Ruggiero
Daad Saffarini
Kathy Wheatley